Month: September 2019

Windows has a long history running on computers with the first edition (Version 1.0) released in the late 1980s.  This now distant relative to the current Windows 10, we’ve seen some good and some not so good releases in our opinion. Notably Windows XP was a real success story with a huge market share at … Read more

Why is my computer running so slow?   We’ve written about this before but it’s still top of the list – upgrade to an SSD (Solid State Disk). These little wonders will turn your PC or Mac into a speed machine in one fell swoop! Too may Apps open at once. The more software apps … Read more

Home and Office Networks can make using the Internet and other computer services a lot easier and quicker, not to mention safer, if configured with the right equipment and know-how. Home routers (Internet boxes!) from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) are usually pretty low standard and lacking in features that come as standard with the … Read more

Laptops/Macbooks and desktop PCs running Windows or Mac OS are busy things. I can only hope to hold a semi reasonable conversation whilst searching the TV listings at the same time, its tricky to multi-task; computers however do millions of things per second and never break into a sweat. Some computers rarely get a break.  … Read more

Online Security – Continued.   After our look at the importance of password security, let’s take a brief look at some other ways to help stay safe online, particularly Malware:   First off the bat is updates. Software updates may be considered bothersome by some, however they are an important and necessary part of your … Read more

Online Security: passwords are all important.   For such a short piece of writing it’s hard to fit everything in that we feel is important when considering online security. Arguably, the single most important thing that you can do is change your password. Any password you’ve used before should be left to sink in the … Read more

An old saying regarding IT provision went something like this, “Reliable, Fast, Cheap – choose two”. The point of course being that you’d have to spend a lot of dosh to make your system fast and reliable. With the advent of Solid State Disks (SSD) I think this saying is now truly outdated.  If your … Read more